Today on Feminine Roadmap we’re talking about finding a quality man in midlife with dating expert Lisa Copeland. Lisa shows women how to feel joyful, confident and empowered in the dating world. Her mission is to help midlife women to stop struggling with dating and find a quality man. One of the key elements she talks about is confidence, knowing yourself, what you want and what you bring to the table. Lisa walks you through important steps to be able to show up as the best, authentic version o...
Feb 13, 2023•51 min•Ep. 306
Today on Feminine Roadmap guest Shannon Grissom talks about how flexibility is your midlife superpower. Shannon has had three major events disrupt her midlife which helped her to realize the key to thriving was to stay flexible. She firmly believes that you can follow your dreams while in the middle of all that life throws at you. While it may change the way you thought it would look or how it would happen, she encourages listeners to stay their course. One of the key shifts that can help is to ...
Feb 06, 2023•48 min•Ep. 305
Today on Feminine Roadmap we are getting inspired by tales from an untamed soul, Alise Saunders. Alise shares her journey from overworked, stressed corporate worker to digital nomad. One day she woke up to the realization that her life wasn’t what she thought it would be, a life punctuated with an MS diagnosis. Between her loss of joy and her loss of health, she decided she had to make a change. She encourages listeners to stop waiting for this magical moment to finally start living the life you...
Jan 30, 2023•50 min
Today on Feminine Roadmap we are talking about Soul Blazing, a life changing method of personal transformation with Lisa Haisha. Lisa is a transformational coach and speaker whose passion is to help people identify and understand the stories they tell about themselves. She believes that the masks we wear come from a desire to fit in or protect ourselves. The process of soul blazing is to dig deep into the emotional heart to clear the obstacles that are preventing you from being all that you can ...
Jan 23, 2023•58 min•Ep. 303
Today on Feminine Roadmap guest Marci Grossman gives us strategies on how to gain financial literacy. Marci is a CPA and Financial Literacy educator who believes that everyone can understand and master their money. In this episode she shares simple strategies to help you gain not only financial literacy but financial confidence. Since finances are not a life skill that is taught in school, she saw the need for finances to be taught in a simple and accessible way. While money is often a huge stre...
Jan 16, 2023•45 min•Ep. 302
Today on Feminine Roadmap we’re talking about how writing helped reframe midlife for my guest Michelle Davis. Michelle started her journey of writing after both she and her husband had back to back life-changing health issues arise. That ultimate gut check sent her on a journey that has lead to being an author and moving across the country with her husband. Michelle had lived, gone to school and worked in the same area she was born, she married her sweetheart, life was good, nothing was necessar...
Jan 09, 2023•48 min•Ep. 301
Today on Feminine Roadmap we are talking about how to transform your marriage with Theresa DeWit. Theresa is on a mission to help restore 1 million marriages by reducing divorce rates. She wants to help women to give love a chance, to keep families strong and not broken. Theresa wants women to know that they can transform their marriages and not become a statistic. Theresa learned this lesson the hard way after her first marriage failed. After her divorce she took the time to think about what ha...
Jan 02, 2023•58 min•Ep. 300
Today on Feminine Roadmap we are talking about finding joy and purpose after retirement. When Lee Gale Gruen retired after a 37 year career as a probation officer, she felt adrift. Without any guide she began to forge a path for herself and by accident ended up in an acting class that she admits she wouldn’t have joined had she known. What started as an accident lead to a fulfilling reinvention as an actress, finally unlocking her fear of standing in front of an audience. Not only did it change ...
Dec 26, 2022•48 min•Ep. 299
Today on Feminine Roadmap guest Fran Garton shares strategies on how to live pain free. Fran is a pain reduction coach who teaches people how to live pain free. She approaches pain from every aspect of our lives- emotional, physical, mental and spiritual. When we are able to step back and take inventory of our whole selves and address each of those pieces, we are empowered to begin to live pain free. Pain is a multifaceted phenomenon that happens in our bodies and we teach our bodies how to deal...
Dec 19, 2022•54 min•Ep. 298
Today on Feminine Roadmap we are talking about how to be proactive in the aging process with Dr. Lynn Anderson. Lynn is a naturopath, nutritional therapist and pro-aging fitness instructor. Her philosophy is that when we build a strong foundation with the three pillars of health, we are able to age well. The three pillars that we build healthy aging on are nutrition, fitness and sleep. Lynn contends that if one of those is missing then we have built a shaky foundation, So in order to be proactiv...
Dec 12, 2022•50 min•Ep. 297
Today on Feminine Roadmap we are exploring grief and happiness with Emily Thiroux Threatt. Loss is no stranger to Emily and she knows it isn’t to most others so she helps others navigate grief. People can carry a lot of guilt around loss because they think they didn’t do more or do it soon enough. Emily feels that it is important to take the time to deal with what you’re feeling, with what you need to do. She encourages listeners to get settled with things, say what needs to be said to whomever ...
Dec 05, 2022•50 min•Ep. 296
Today on Feminine Roadmap we are talking with Sharon Rolph about finding fresh courage in retirement. Sharon desires that each person finds purpose, essence, and fulfillment in their retirement years. Finding fresh courage in retirement means identifying what you love to do, your talents, abilities, values and what lights you up. As those things become apparent, she encourages listeners to honor and love that gift in you. Often women have a feeling of invisibility after a certain age and then th...
Nov 28, 2022•49 min•Ep. 295
Today on Feminine Roadmap guest Jacqueline Perez shares her passion to help women embrace their midlife mojo. Jacqueline talks about how when she hit peri-menopause and midlife, she looked around and couldn’t find relevant, useful information. So she decided to build a website and begin what was to become a powerful platform for women in midlife. KuelLife.com exists to share and empower women in midlife with expert advice and stories from real women. Jacqueline created the community she longed f...
Nov 21, 2022•45 min•Ep. 294
Today on Feminine Roadmap we’re talking don’t be caged by your age with Ande Lyons. Ande is a vibrant 66 year old woman who is a powerhouse in the start-up world, known for “youth” but she is shattering glass ceilings. Ande brings her expertise and passion to our conversation around changing not only our ideas about aging but our attitudes. She reminds us that midlife and menopause bring a new season of life, one where we can reinvent ourselves. She encourages listeners to evaluate the mindsets ...
Nov 14, 2022•43 min•Ep. 293
Today on Feminine Roadmap you can learn how to uplevel your mindset. Guest Michaela Renee Johnson is on a mission to uplevel your mindset from a limited mindset to a growth mindset. If you have a limited mindset you may see the world as not having enough to go around or that you cannot do the things you desire to do. On the other hand, a growth mindset says that you can do whatever you put your mind to and there is enough opportunity for everyone. Michaela challenges listeners to evaluate what t...
Nov 07, 2022•47 min•Ep. 292
Today on Feminine Roadmap we’re talking about intuitive eating and body peace with Lisa Dahl. Lisa is an intuitive eating and body image health coach. She is on a mission to help people break the myth that they are broken or have to be in thinner bodies to be healthy or live full, happy lives. Lisa has learned through her own experience that food has no moral value and that we are neither good nor bad because of what we eat. She explains that as we understand that every body is different, has di...
Oct 31, 2022•50 min•Ep. 291
Today on Feminine Roadmap Valerie Ellis talks about how to make your move in midlife. Valerie brings practical perspective to how capable we are to make a powerful move in midlife. When we think about purpose and calling it’s easy to think of a role we “should” play or what others think we “should” do. It’s time to drop the “shoulds” and dig into the skills, desire and natural talent that is already existing within us. Valerie points out how the first half of our lives we have been productive bu...
Oct 24, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 290
Today on Feminine Roadmap we are talking about being invisible no more with inspirational 81 year old Jean Peelen. Jean talks about life after 50, the beginning of her second half adventures. She went to law school as a 35 year old single mom in order to become a civil liberties lawyer. When she retired at 59, she and 2 friends wrote their first book about their experiences of being invisible no more. They realized that there was a shift in how they were being perceived and treated so they wrote...
Oct 17, 2022•54 min•Ep. 289
Today on Feminine Roadmap we will begin to clear your clutter with Julie Coraccio. Julie is passionate about supporting people in creating the life they choose, deserve, and desire, by teaching the skills of recognizing and clearing clutter in their lives: physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. She believes that clutter is stuck stagnant energy and encourages listeners to take a moment to examine their inner and outer worlds. By taking the time to ask the right questions, observe patterns in...
Oct 10, 2022•51 min
Today on Feminine Roadmap Dr. Katie Nall shares how to build emotional wealth. Katie believes that while most people live in emotional debt they are not even aware of it. The beauty is that there are things we can do to become aware and gain emotional wealth. One of the ways she encourages emotional wealth is by taking stock of time and energy, self- care and rest, understanding how much we’re giving and receiving in our day to day lives. She reminds listeners that even though we all experience ...
Oct 03, 2022•52 min
Today on Feminine Roadmap we are talking about how to begin again with Beverly Willett. Beverly is the author if “Disassembly Required: A Memoir of Midlife Resurrection”. She had everything she wanted in life: the great job, the sweetheart, children and the dream home until suddenly it all came crashing down. This conversation is her journey of rising from the ashes and finding herself anew, being resurrected from the grief of loss. Beverly’s process of gripping tightly to what was left, struggl...
Sep 26, 2022•51 min
Today on Feminine Roadmap we are talking about the wisdom of Ayurveda. Ayurveda has been around for over 5000 years as a holistic complete system for maintaining, balancing and restoring health. My guests, Dr. Nair and Dr. Trupti, believe in the body’s inherent ability to heal and thrive. They share how true healing comes from the inside out, requiring a whole body, whole life approach. Health is explained as being free of disease, it’s our journey and wellness is the lifestyle that stems from o...
Sep 19, 2022•59 min
Today on Feminine Roadmap grab a cuppa something wonderful for Monday musings with Gina. As we barrel toward September it felt like a good time to do a check in and chat together about what is on our minds. Gina talks about the power of checking our feelings, choosing our focus and changing our brains. She also touches on some great books that have been impactful in her life and business. Also thoughts on happiness, self-love, and what that looks like to her. With all that is going on in the wor...
Aug 30, 2022•34 min
Today’s guest on Feminine Roadmap was given sixty days to live in 2012. Dr. Erica Harris was given a devastating diagnosis of a rare form of leukemia at just 35 years old. In this episode she walks us through her story and how it taught her to prepare for the worst and expect the best. Erica learned to slow down, soak in the value of this moment. Her leukemia diagnosis lead to a bone marrow transplant which then ended up causing her body to reject her own lungs. Erica miraculously received a dou...
Aug 22, 2022•49 min
Today on Feminine Roadmap guest Angela Counsel drops some amazing insight on how to thrive in menopause. Angela is a naturopath and health coach who is passionate about showing women how they can thrive in their menopause years. She addresses health from a physical, mental and spiritual point of view to bring a holistic perspective to the change of life. As women we have been taught through media and cultural mindset what is “normal”, to fear menopause, to feel as if we are losing our womanhood,...
Aug 15, 2022•1 hr 4 min
Today on Feminine Roadmap we are talking about a midlife widow’s search for love with Debbie Weiss. Debbie found herself widowed at 2013 at the age of 49. This journey lead her to write a book, get a Master’s degree and build a brand new life alone. Her search for love took her about five years and became the basis for her first book, “Available As Is: A Midlife Widow’s Search for Love”. In this episode she tells us some of the lessons she learned. For widows she encourages them to have faith in...
Aug 08, 2022•47 min
Today on Feminine Roadmap we are talking to the amazing Dierdre Wolownick about the sharp end of life. In part 2 of our conversation, Dierdre talks about her big climb up El Capitan and the journey of overcoming her fear to accomplish that feat at 66 and then again at 70 years old. “Only you know what you’re capable of”, she says, “and you’ll never know if you don’t try it.” Dierdre has created a life after 65 that reflects her belief that age is irrelevant, that anybody can do anything by littl...
Aug 01, 2022•48 min
Today on Feminine Roadmap we are talking to the amazing Dierdre Wolownick about the sharp end of life. Dierdre is the mother of famed free solo climber Alex Honnold. In part one of our two part conversation Dierdre lays the groundwork of her own story of finding out what she was capable of by testing the beliefs she has about herself. As a mother of two extreme athletes, she has encouraged and watched her children achieve extraordinary things. In her own life she’s been a writer, author, symphon...
Jul 25, 2022•53 min
Today on Feminine Roadmap trailblazer Melissa Davey shares the adventure of Beyond Sixty. Melissa left a corporate job that she actually loved at 66 to pursue a dream. What was her dream? Her dream was to become a documentary filmmaker. The challenge was that she had no idea how to make that happen. This episode is her story of the adventure to Beyond Sixty, the documentary she made about women living extraordinary lives beyond sixty. Melissa searched for women who had stories that are interesti...
Jul 11, 2022•51 min
Today on Feminine Roadmap we are talking about how to eat with ease every day. Author Amy Freinberg-Trufas shares her life changing journey of losing 150 pounds naturally after years of a debilitating food addiction. Her story starts when as a young child of an alcoholic mother she found herself having to navigate being responsible to cover up the alcoholism. As a 10 year old little girl, she was overwhelmed by the traumatic experiences that brought into her life so she turned to food as a way t...
Jun 27, 2022•54 min